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H

habitation: a house

hacienda: a large estate in Spanish-speaking country, and often, the house of the owner on such an estate.

haveli: a large private mansion in India and Pakistan.

hostel: a building where people can stay and get meals if they have no home or have been forced to leave their home (un foyer), a building where people living away from home can stay and get meals at low prices (un type d'auberges de jeunesse ou d'hôtel à bas coût).

houseboat: péniche (où on habite).

housing: buildings for people to live in. A type of housing : un type de logement.

R

rambler : a one-story house in a suburb (US).

ranch house: a house on one level, often with a roof that does not slope much, the main house on a ranch.

reception centre: a building in which people who have arrived in a country and have no home, or who have had to leave their home, stay temporarily until someone in authority decides where they will go.